glove

noun

/ɡlʌv/

Idioms

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a piece of clothing for the hand, made of wool, leather, etc. with separate parts for each finger and the thumb
- a pair of gloves
- rubber/latex gloves
- gardening/boxing gloves
- The burglar must have been wearing gloves.
- She peeled off her glove to reveal a wedding ring.
compare mitten see also boxing, oven gloveTopics Clothes and Fashionb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- long
- fingerless
- protective
- …
… of gloves
- pair
verb + glove
- pull on
- peel off
- pull off
- …
glove + noun
- box
- compartment
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Word OriginOld English glōf, of Germanic origin.

Idioms

fit (somebody) like a glove

to be the perfect size or shape for somebody
- The dress fits me like a glove.

the gloves are off

used to say that somebody is ready for a fight or an argumentTopics Opinion and argumentc2

hand in glove (with somebody)

working closely with somebody, especially in a secret and/or illegal way

handle/treat, etc. somebody with kid gloves

to deal with somebody in a very careful way so that you do not offend or upset them
- Treat her with kid gloves—she's very sensitive.

an iron fist/hand (in a velvet glove)

if you use the words an iron fist/hand when describing the way that somebody behaves, you mean that they treat people severely. This treatment may be hidden behind a kind appearance (the velvet glove).
- They promised that the army would strike with an iron fist at any resistance.
- The iron hand in the velvet glove approach seems to work best with this age group.

单词	glove
释义	glove noun /ɡlʌv/ /ɡlʌv/ Idioms jump to other results enlarge image a piece of clothing for the hand, made of wool, leather, etc. with separate parts for each finger and the thumb a pair of gloves rubber/latex gloves gardening/boxing gloves The burglar must have been wearing gloves. She peeled off her glove to reveal a wedding ring. compare mitten see also boxing, oven gloveTopics Clothes and Fashionb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective long fingerless protective … … of gloves pair verb + glove pull on peel off pull off … glove + noun box compartment See full entry Word OriginOld English glōf, of Germanic origin. Idioms fit (somebody) like a glove to be the perfect size or shape for somebody The dress fits me like a glove. the gloves are off used to say that somebody is ready for a fight or an argumentTopics Opinion and argumentc2 hand in glove (with somebody) working closely with somebody, especially in a secret and/or illegal way handle/treat, etc. somebody with kid gloves to deal with somebody in a very careful way so that you do not offend or upset them Treat her with kid gloves—she's very sensitive. an iron fist/hand (in a velvet glove) if you use the words an iron fist/hand when describing the way that somebody behaves, you mean that they treat people severely. This treatment may be hidden behind a kind appearance (the velvet glove). They promised that the army would strike with an iron fist at any resistance. The iron hand in the velvet glove approach seems to work best with this age group.
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